There is a connection between "Bel and the Serpent" and the Cold War. In "Bel and the Serpent," there are two conflicting faiths: the idol Bel and Judaism. in the Cold War, there were two conflicting powers, the U.S. and the USSR. In "Bel," one faith, Judaism, dominates the other. This is a metaphor to the Cold War, where the U.S. won the war and the USSR collapsed on itself. The two powers are like the two faiths.
~Fasi